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I J. M. SWAIM.

KITCHEN CABINET.

No. 323,374. Patented July 28, 1885.

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WTNEESEE: INJENTUR gg@ a/hf @90W lllnrrn artnr @irren JGHN M. SWAIM, OF BLOOMINGDALE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF THREE- FOURTHS TO M. F. MADDOX, OF SAME PLACE.

CABINET.

SPECIFICATION formng part of Letters Patent No. 323,374, dated July 28, 1885.

Application filed March 30, 1885.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, Jenn M. Swarm, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bloomingdale, in the county of Parke and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Iinproved liitchenlabinet, of which the following is a speciiication.

My invention relates to an improvement in that class ot' cabinets in which a work-table and a receptacle for cooking materials and utensils are combined.

The object of in v improvement is to combine the table and its supports with the other parts in a novel manner, so that the table will forni also a door to close the front of the cabinet, and its supports will appear to form a partof the frame-work.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.

Figure l is a perspective view of the cabinet closed. Fig. 2 is a vertical section showing the ltable in position for work. Fig. 3 is a section at right angles to Fig. l of the lower part of the cabinet.

My cabinet is divided vertically into three principal portions, of which the upper one is aclosethavingshelves. Theloweronedivided by a central vertical partition, forms storagebins Z1 and c for meal and tlour, and the central portion, A, which contains small compartments for storing spices and other cooking materials and receptacles for various utensils, and which is closed by a door, B, which swings downward and forms a work-table, all of which is common and well known, and therefore need not be more particularly described.

For the purpose of providing an improved support for the free edges of the table when turned down, which will also secure the table in place when closed up, land which will also appear to torni part of the frame-work of the front of the cabinet, l provide a light frame, U. The top rail of said frame is hinged to the free edge ot' the table B by hinges secured to (No model.)

the inner side of the frame and the under side of the table, thus concealing the hinges when the table is turned up. The bach edge of the table is hinged to the cabinet, and the lower rail or frame Gis so placed as to cover the joint where the table joins the cabinet when closed. The sides of frame C are of such size and shape as to correspond to the pieces d and e, forming part ofthe ornamental frame-work of the front ot' the lixed lower portion of the cabinet.

For the purpose of swinging the lower part of frame C outward as the table swings downward, and for the further purpose ot' holding said frame firmly at right angles with the table when down, a pair of braces, f f, are hinged at their inner ends to the cabinet and at their outer ends to the lower rail of the frame, as shown. Said braces form, together with cleats h h on the table, lightintermediate strips, which divide the front of the cabinet when cosed into panels, as shown in Fig. l. Frame G is held in place when closed by turn-buttons s s. Beneath the bins b and c is a narrow space containing three drawers, i, j, and 1f. Drawers i and It communicate with the bins l1 and c, respectively, through openings in the bottom of the bins, which openings are closed by slidingl valves m and n. rIhe drawers 'i and k are of novel construe tion, and will constitute the subject-matter of a separate application for a patent.

I claim as my inventionl In a cabinet or other like piece of furniture, the combination cfadownward-swinging door, aframe constructed snbstantiall'iv as described, and hinged to the freeedge or" the door, and one or more braces hinged to the lower rail of said frame and to the cabinet, all substantially as and for the purpose specilied.

JOHN M. SWAIM. Vitnesscs H. B. LITTLE, M. REYNOLDS. 

